July 15, 2006

Psych

iTunes is awesome when it gives you an episode free of something you'd never ordinarily stumble across. Like Kyle XY a few weeks ago. I just watched Psych, a new Monk-like drama on USA about a guy who's really perceptive and pretends he's psychic so he can help the police department solve cases. It's a blatant ripoff of Monk, but it's on the same network (and on right afterwards on Friday nights), so I guess it's a ripoff with permission. It has a nice light tone to it, and co-stars Dule Hill, who played Charlie on The West Wing, and does well playing the uptight guy to counterbalance the wacky other guy. I liked the free pilot episode enough that I just paid $1.99 to get episode 2. I never do that. So that's a sign I'm trying to avoid writing what I meant to be writing tonight. But it's also a sign the show is cool.

P.S. I've been told there's a chance my book is getting reviewed in tomorrow's New York Post. The Post doesn't appear to name its files in such a way that I can find the article before it goes live, and I don't even know if it'll be in there for sure (although I think it will be), so I'll pretty much be reloading that page until they post Sunday's articles. If you happen to break the code and find it before I do, please e-mail me. Unless it's bad, in which case e-mail me but tell me it's okay and it's only one review and it doesn't mean I should swallow my entire bottle of Flintstones Vitamins at once, because it's not worth it and no one needs that much Niacin, really.

Update: Doesn't seem to be there. Maybe another day. Oh well. Glad I didn't wake up at 8:30 in the morning to check. Oh, it's 8:30 in the morning. Uh... back to sleep....

I never liked the obsessive compulsive detective bit, anyway. It only makes fun of those sufferers of OCD who it's okay to laugh at.

Psych mocks - who? That's right, frauds. The main character isn't just played by someone smart (and I do love Adrian Monk, played by Tony Shalhoub, but enough's enough), he IS smart - and in a high-functioning way. And in a totally transgressive and free-spirited way. And doesn't have an annoying vaccuuming tic or a large bag.

Although I do guess he's less pretty and has a less awesome accent than "The Closer." Excellent show, from the little I can tell, by the way. Not as aggravating (in a good way!) as House, but still good.

Psych gets my vote as my favorite new show, edging out Lucky Louie. Entourage, currently airing new episodes in its third season, is of course no longer new. And Big Love, when it comes back for its second season, is also not new. And Sopranos is OLD....